How can a college student find a job in this economy?
I am a 19 year old college student, and have only worked one job my entire life, but this job is Seasonal and it’s at a hockey rink, but the rink is only open November-February, and it’s a little over part time. In the last 3 months I have applied to 20 different jobs, not counting the ones online, had 4 interviews, but to no success. I have tried everything from applying for a job as a waiter, to helping put in stock numbers in a warehouse…Nothing seems to work for me, I was wondering if there were any offices or companies I could go to that would help me find a job, and I mean find a job…I tried my Colleges career center, but the lady said they only do resumes, and don’t place people…I’m starting to run out of the money I have saved from my winter job, and know they won’t hire me this year because of the recession…what can I do?
April 27th, 2010 at 6:04 pm
Go to an employment agency. They are all over the place and best of all, your future employer usually is the one footing the bill to hire you.
April 27th, 2010 at 6:34 pm
You have to look for a job at the right time. I started looking for a summer job in June which was way too late (all of the college kids coming back in may took all of the seasonal jobs)
If you’re looking into working while you go to school apply for the job RIGHT when you get to school because otherwise all of the jobs will be filled.
If you haven’t applied for financial aid, I would recommend it so that you are eligible for Work-study opportunities which usually pay well and are flexible for college students.
I have no idea what your spending habits are, but if you spend less, you obviously have more money for longer.
Simple: make your own coffee at home, don’t buy breakfast for your meal plan (breakfast is one of the cheapest meals to make yourself) socialize in ways that don’t involve spending money, don’t go to the first run movie theatre— go to the 1 dollar movie, clip coupons, don’t buy things you don’t need (really ask yourself whether you need it before you spend the money), don’t eat out too much, when you get people gifts, put more meaning into and spend less (people understand that you’re a college student and don’t have any money), make cards don’t buy cards, buy in bulk (careful, Costco/Sams Club isn’t ALWAYS cheaper), comparison buy,
phew! goodluck